outlast

verb

out·​last ˌau̇t-ˈlast 

outlasted; outlasting; outlasts

transitive verb

: to last longer than : to continue to exist, be active, etc., longer than (someone or something)

BookCourt … withstood the 1999 opening of a Barnes & Noble store just a few blocks away and even outlasted the owners' marriage.

—Eli Rosenberg

Synonyms of outlast

• survive
• outlive

Examples of outlast in a Sentence

I truly hope this car will outlast our previous one

your work will probably outlast you

Recent Examples on the Web

Scott ventures into sci-fi once more with ‘The Dog Stars,’ a postapocalyptic thriller that trades zombies for pandemics and asks whether hope can outlast catastrophe. — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026

Mizzou has enough talent to compete with the best of the conference, but may not have enough juice to outlast those teams. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026

Proprietary data, application layer, domain fine tuning, agent frameworks and rigorous evaluation harnesses outlast any base model advantage. — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026

This exceptional longevity directly addresses concerns over battery degradation and replacement costs, allowing vehicles to outlast conventional ownership cycles and improving the long-term resale value of second-hand electric cars. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1570, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for outlast

• aghast
• amassed
• biassed
• broadcast
• bypassed
• downcast
• forecast
• foremast
• harassed
• holdfast
• mainmast
• newscast

Kids Definition

outlast

verb

out·​last

(ˈ)au̇t-ˈlast

: to last longer than : survive